Community Engagement and Academic Outreach

Academic Tours and Student Engagement

  • UTSA Prospective Students Tour – June 2024
    Hosted an on-site tour for prospective UTSA students, introducing ScooterLab’s goals, the e-scooter sensing platform, and examples of campus-scale data collection, while highlighting opportunities for undergraduate research and hands-on involvement at UTSA.
  • UTSA Transportation Planning Class Demo (Dr. Xueyin “Shay” Bai) – January 2025
    Conducted a tour and live demonstration for Transportation Planning students in UTSA Urban and Regional Planning, Architecture and Planning, highlighting how ScooterLab supports infrastructure assessment and mobility research.
  • San Antonio Area High School Student Tour – March 2025
    Provided a guided tour focused on STEM exposure, showcasing scooter hardware, sensors, and real-world applications of data-driven urban research, and encouraging students to explore future pathways in engineering and computing.
  • Army Research Lab Summer Program Tour – June 2025
    Hosted 18 high school students participating in an ARL summer STEM program. The session emphasized sensing systems, data collection workflows, and real-world research applications.
  • WeTeach_CS Texas Educator Tour (Ethical Generative AI & Data Science with MIT App Inventor) – July 2025
    Hosted a tour for more than 30 Texas Grade 6–12 educators. The visit highlighted ScooterLab as an example of applied sensing and data science, providing educators with ideas to motivate high school students and encourage interest in future university-level research and STEM pathways.
  • Weeping Angels Robotics Team Tour – July 2025
    Hosted a tour and technical walkthrough for a student-led robotics team, highlighting system integration across hardware, sensing, and software, with discussions relevant to robotics design, programming, and collaboration.
  • Corpus Christi ISD Student Tour – October 2025
    Hosted a tour for 40 students from Corpus Christi ISD, introducing the ScooterLab platform and demonstrating how sensor-equipped micromobility systems enable real-world data collection and analysis, with the goal of motivating interest in STEM careers and university research.

ScooterLab Workshop 2025

Advancing Research and Collaboration using a Micromobility-supported Sensing and Research Infrastructure

In May, 2025, ScooterLab organized its first in-person workshop, bringing together researchers, students, and public-sector stakeholders. The workshop featured live demonstrations of ScooterLab hardware and software, an in-person meeting of the Community Advisory Board, and discussions on research needs and deployment practices. A total of 48 participants attended in person, resulting in eight collaboration proposals that are being transitioned into active research partnerships.